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(No Model.)

T. HOUGHTON 8v A. D. DICK.

IDENTITY INDICATOR.

No. 475,400. Patented May 24, 1892.

WITNESSES a awa zw UNTTED STATES PATENT Fries.

THOMAS HOUGI-ITON AND ANGELO D. DICK, OF PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYL- VANIA.

IDENTITY-INDICATOR.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 475,400, dated May 24, 1892.

Application filed May 2, 1891. Serial No. 391,356. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it. known that we, THOMAS HOUGHTON and ANGELO D. DICK, citizens of the United States, both residing in the city and county of Philadelphia, State of Pennsylvania, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Identity-Indicators, which improvement is fully set forth in ,the following specification and accompanying drawings.

Our invention consists of an identity-indicator, which is formed of a transparent tube and means for closing the ends thereof, said tube containing a piece of paper or other material on which identification matter is recorded, the same being visible through the tube or casing.

Figure 1 represents a side elevation of an identity-indicator embodying our invention.

Fig.2 represents a longitudinal section thereof. Fig. 3 represents a perspective view, the parts being separated.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in the several figures.

Referring to the drawings, A designates a casing or tube, which is formed of glass or other transparent material, the same being connected with caps B at the ends thereof by means of a screw 0, which is passed through said casing and attached to the caps 13. One of the caps is provided with a ring or eye F, whereby the device may be suspended from a watch-chain orother suitable place. Within the casing is a piece E of paperor other suitable material, on which is printed or otherwise recorded the name and address of the owner and any other information desired to be communicated to others in the event of accident to or death of the owner, the piece being rolled so as to be received within the casing and the name and address Visible through said casing, owing to the transparent nature thereof. Prior to the assemblage of the parts a quantity of suitable cement is applied to the inner faces of the caps and the ends of the casing are seatedin said material, thus hermetically sealing the ends of the easing and forming water-tight joints between the casing and caps. In the event of an accident or death a person perceiving the indicator obtains therefrom the information as to the name and address of the owner of the device. Should, however, further information be desired, the casin g may be broken, whereby access is had to the piece E, which latter may be removed and opened or unrolled and the matter thereon be exposed.

As the ends of the casing are hermetically sealed, should the owner thereof be drowned the entrance of water into the casing, and consequently to the piece E, is prevented, and the device remains intact under such circumstances.

On the inner sides of the caps B are inwardly-projecting cones F, to which the ends of the rod or screw O are secured, and which form grooves in which the ends of the tube are seated, whereby the tube may be centered on the caps, and provision is made for setting the tube true should there be any inequalities in the ends of the tube.

In Fig. 3 we showa reverse side of the piece E in dotted lines, so as to expose the name and address side of said piece, said side being visible through the tube A.

Having thus described our invention, what We claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

An identity-indicator consisting of a trans- JOHN A. WIEDERSHEIM, A. P. JENNINGS. 

